Drinking device.



L. A. ASQUITH & J. GREENE.

DRINKING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT- 21, 1914.

1,146,383. Patented July 13, 1915.

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LEONARD A. ASQUITH AND JAMES GREENE; or eENrR'A-L rants, RI-IGDE ISLAND.

DRINKING DEVICE.-

Spoificationof Letters Patent.

Patented July 13', 1M5.

. Application filed Septeinfier 21, T914. Serial No. 862,808.

T all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, LEONARD A. ASQUITH and JAMES GREENE, citizens of the United tates, and residents of Central Falls, in the county of Providence and State of Rhode Island, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Drinking Devices, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an individual sanitary drinking device and has for its object to provide a device of simple, practical and inexpensive construction which comprises a cup shaped bowl or receptacle into which a tube is detachably or adjustably connected whereby the cup may be presented to a stream of running water for the purpose of drawing the same from the cup through the tube into the mouth.

Our invention further consists in the provision of a telescoping tube the end of one of the sections being bent on an angle to the axis of the rest of the tube whereby the operating height of the device may be adjusted, as it is found in practice where drinking fountains are provided for children that in some cases the fountain is too high for the smaller child and too low for the taller person and by the use of our improved device this difference in height may be readily overcome by simply setting the tube at the proper angle in the cup whereby the fountain may be easily reached by the smallest child as well as by the largest. The offsetting of this lower section also serves to prevent the different sections of the telescoping tube from coming apart when in collapsed position.

\Vith these and other objects in view, the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, as will be more fully described, and particularly pointed out in the appended claim.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a sectional view of the casing showing the tube inclosed therein and the cup forming the cover or closure for one end of the casing. Fig. 2 illustrates the cup portion as inverted with the telescoping tube projecting in a downwardly direction to facilitate reaching the fountain by a small child, and the dotted lines also show the tube asturned in the opposite direction for the accommodation of taller persons. Fig. 3- is an enlarged sectional view showing the means for connecting the tube to the cup. Fig. 4. is a plan view of the cup representing the tube as connected thereto and off-set laterally in opposite direction so that the tube may be set on a line with the cup when desired. Fig. 5- shows the telescoping sections of the tube in collapsed position with the off-set portion of the smaller sec tion preventing the whole from coming apart. Fig. 6- is an enlarged detail in section of the hub or boss which is secured to the cup for the purpose of receiving the tapered end of the tube.

Referring to the drawings 10 designates the cup or bowl member of the drinking device which is open at one end 11 and closed at its opposite end 12. One side of this bowl has inserted therein a boss or hub 13 riveted at 14: or otherwise connected to the side of the cup and this boss is provided with a central tapering hole 15 for the reception of the correspondingly tapering end 16 of the tube. This tube is preferably made in sections, 18, 19 and 20, three of which are herein shown, which sections are adapted to telescope one within the other for the purpose of reducing the length of the tube, see Fig. 5, for convenience in carrying about in the pocket. This tube is preferably made of metal such as aluminum, the essential feature of which is that the outer end of the smaller section 18 is ofi-set or bent out of line with the axis of the rest of the tube whereby this tube may be set at different angles relative to the axis through the cup for the purpose of accommodating persons of different heights when drinking from a fountain or the like. Then again this olfset end prevents the different sections from coming apart when in collapsed position and so prevents the parts from becoming separated and lost. Another advantage in our improved construction is that the end of the tube may be withdrawn from the cup and may be readily insertedinto a bottle or glass to serve as a drinking tube for the purpose of drawing the liquid therefrom when desired.

We claim:

A drinking device comprising a cup havmg a thickened wall portion provided with In testimony whereof We aflix our signa a tapering opening therethrough and a sectures 1n presence of two wltnesses.

tional telescoping tube having one end oifset and adapted to enter said tapering opening, said off-set portion permitting an ad- I justment of the operating height of the cup Witnesses: and also preventing the difierent tube sec- HOWARD E. BARLOW, tions from coming apart when collapsed. A. F. MACREADY.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Pateriics', Washington, D. 0. 

